On Tuesday, January 20, Kevin J Worthen, president of Brigham Young University (Provo), will be giving the weekly Devotional on the BYU–Hawaii campus in the Cannon Activities Center at 11 AM (HST). Everyone is invited to attend. His talk is entitled “Holy Places.”
Anyone who is unable to attend in person may watch the Devotional online at devotionals.byuh.edu (click on “Watch Devotionals LIVE” under Resources).
President Worthen became BYU’s 13th president in 2014. He graduated summa cum laude with both his bachelor's and juris doctor degrees from BYU in 1982 and went on to work in the D.C. Circuit Court and then the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1984, he joined the Jennings Strouss & Salmon law firm before becoming a faculty member of the J. Reuben Clark Law School in 1987. Worthen specializes in federal Indian law and the rights of indigenous peoples, and he spent a year as a Fulbright Scholar studying the cultural and ethnic assimilation of Chile's native populations. From 2004-2008, he served as dean of the Law School before being named BYU's advancement vice president, overseeing such areas as athletics, BYU Broadcasting, LDS Philanthropies, alumni, and communications. Over the years, Worthen has also served in various positions in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, including bishop and stake president. He currently serves as an Area Seventy.
